Looking for the big one Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 Hey, you could call this a new bragging board, however you should also write how you caught the fish. the goal here is to learn some more on how to catch some big bass. I'll start. My PB is 4 pounder, on the mark. I caught it dropshotting a zoom 6" lizard, spawn fishing a pond. This is my friend holding it. 1 Quote
Derekbass02 Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 My PB was also 4 pounds and I caught it on a 5 inch green pumpkin BPS Stik-O. I caught it in a patch of lily pads in late spring to early summer. 1 Quote
Super User Wayne P. Posted November 30, 2015 Super User Posted November 30, 2015 Its been done several times, this is one of them: http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/125691-post-your-personal-bests/ Quote
BaitMonkey1984 Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 Nice fish. My PB is 6.0 even at 19.75 inches. Short and fat fish. Your fish seems to be skinnier but longer. Did you happen to get a length measurement on that fish? 1 Quote
James W. Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 My pb is 5.6 lbs caught on a 1/2 jig trailing a gamble June bug. Quote
Looking for the big one Posted November 30, 2015 Author Posted November 30, 2015 Nice fish! Both of yours look and sound much healthier than this one. I fished the same pond a few days ago and we caught her again, but the rest of the fish we caught were all ones, with maybe a two. I think I might need to be doing some pond management, fertilizer and stocking, what do you think? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted November 30, 2015 Global Moderator Posted November 30, 2015 Nice fish! Both of yours look and sound much healthier than this one. I fished the same pond a few days ago and we caught her again, but the rest of the fish we caught were all ones, with maybe a two. I think I might need to be doing some pond management, fertilizer and stocking, what do you think? You say your fish was caught during the spawn? Looking at it, and from your description, I'm going to guess you caught a female that had already dropped her eggs (hence the thin belly). The smaller 1 and 2 pound fish you were catching were most likely the more aggressive males that were guarding nest or fry. In my opinion, you have a pond with a variety of sizes of fish (not stunted), I would suggest leaving it as it is unless you're going to have a fisheries biologist come out and sample the fish and water for you and tell you exactly what you need to do. I've seen too many times a good pond was ruined and even killed off completely in an attempt to make it a great pond. Quote
Looking for the big one Posted November 30, 2015 Author Posted November 30, 2015 I hadn't thought about the spawn fishing part, I get what you're saying. I'll keep fishing, and if it keeps going on like this I might get a fisheries biologist to check it out like you said. Thanks! Quote
fisherrw Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 My personal best is a 9 pound largemouth caught on a 6xd and a 6 pound smallmouth caught on a 5xd 3 Quote
Super User Raul Posted November 30, 2015 Super User Posted November 30, 2015 Hey, you could call this a new bragging board, however you should also write how you caught the fish. the goal here is to learn some more on how to catch some big bass. I'll start. My PB is 4 pounder, on the mark. I caught it dropshotting a zoom 6" lizard, spawn fishing a pond. This is my friend holding it. Not my PB, I don´t have a pic of it, my 2nd PB. 6 Quote
Super User bigbill Posted November 30, 2015 Super User Posted November 30, 2015 My PB is 10lbs. It scared me in the twilight at 5am. Never seen a freshwater fish this big in the northeast. The fish in my pic is 6.1 lbs. I believe every state has big bass. Soon after I posted mine on the ct sight many bass were caught between 9lbs to 11lbs in ct. It surely raised the bar. But soon after the ct sight became a pay for view. I didn't mean to hurt egos. Quote
Super User tomustang Posted November 30, 2015 Super User Posted November 30, 2015 I still only catch dinks 1 Quote
Super User gulfcaptain Posted November 30, 2015 Super User Posted November 30, 2015 9.01 caught in July on a 8" swimbait. Had it been a few months earlier, she would have been a double digit fish. 8 Quote
clh121787 Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 P.b. for the month of november 8.2# caught bumping a smashtech xxl swumbait rigged on a 8/0 owner beast. Casting from a few feet of water down to 25+ and dragging it back up paralleling a road through the middle of the lake. 5 Quote
BillinDurham Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 A solid 8 pounder caught on my first cast with an unweighted Yamamoto Flapping Hog. It was a test cast to 'open' water to see if I could cast the thing without any weight but instead I put it right on top of a previously undiscovered submerged stump and this beast came out and ate it. Caught him on a spinning rig setup for finesse fishing; 20lb braid with 10lb flouro leader. Glad I finally learned to tie a good albright between the two. He was too big for my net which went overboard and sank. Sorry for the bad framing but it was a maximum effort selfie. As you can imagine, I've been back to this stump... 4 Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted December 1, 2015 Posted December 1, 2015 My PB is 10lbs. It scared me in the twilight at 5am. Never seen a freshwater fish this big in the northeast. The fish in my pic is 6.1 lbs. I believe every state has big bass. Soon after I posted mine on the ct sight many bass were caught between 9lbs to 11lbs in ct. It surely raised the bar. But soon after the ct sight became a pay for view. I didn't mean to hurt egos. 10 lbs from the northeast... That's a lunker. Got a pic of it ? 4 Quote
Super User bigbill Posted December 1, 2015 Super User Posted December 1, 2015 Didn't have a camera. My fishing buddy seen it and my neighbor too. I get the catch anything as they walk up then there eyes popped out and there jaws dropped. Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 Didn't have a camera. My fishing buddy seen it and my neighbor too. I get the catch anything as they walk up then there eyes popped out and there jaws dropped. That's unfortunate you didn't have a camera. A 10 lber in New England is a once of a life time fish. Where you able to weigh it ? Get any measurements of it ? 2 Quote
steverowbotham Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 I got this smallie close to 8 lbs a few weeks back on a 6" swimbait 5 Quote
Karsonclowers Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 i caught my pb this past late summer. It was 6 1/2 lbs and 22" long. Had a huge mouth, i put my hand in it and had space around my hand. I caught it on 6 lb mono with a 5" zoom lizard with a tiny 2/0 thin wire hook. good fight! 1 Quote
Super User bigbill Posted December 2, 2015 Super User Posted December 2, 2015 Weighed it and released it. Since this I lost three bigger bass. One in late November. Never had a fish on like this on. Then she spit my hook. I reached a point my rod needs to be upgraded more power. I have a hvy lews spinning rod now. More power on the hook set. Like its been said here there's a difference between treble hooks and single hooks on hooksets. I learned the hard way. Catching a DD bass when not ever thinking about it is a curse. Now your thinking that was easy and there will be more mind set. The reality is there is a few and far between. It's not a given. I'm just a guy who loves bass fishing it's my passion. Don't forget I was up at 3:30am fishing by 4am everyday for over 3 months. Every spring till I get burned out. Fish till around 9am. Quote
corn-on-the-rob Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 PB largemouth - just over 5lbs Also just got my first and PB spot this past weekend but not even over 2 lbs. PB smallie - 5.71lbs in my profile picture My most proud is my girlfriend's first couple months bass fishing - 5.4lb smallie 5 Quote
BooyahMan Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 Biggest Largemouth for me was a ~21" chunk. I never got a true measurement besides comparing it to the handle on my rod but I caught a 20" and a 19.5" more recently and this one dwarfed both of those. I estimate my PB to be between 5-6lbs. Caught while chugging a Booyah Pad Crasher Jr. along the surface (didn't know how to walk frogs properly at the time). 1 Quote
smr_hga Posted December 10, 2015 Posted December 10, 2015 My picture is on my phone but it was 24" caught on a tiny beetle bou marabou jig from the bank. Luckily i was with my friend that day and he had a scale. It was 7lbs 2oz. Quote
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